1. Unit 5, Lesson 2 Level and functions of Courts
Essential Questions: How do court decisions impact the lives of citizens?
Learning Target: IWBAT diagram the levels, functions, and powers of courts at state and federal levels.
Formative Assessment(s): Diagram in a flow chart where a case begins in a federal court and where it ends in a federal court.
Homework: Vocabulary
Daily Rubric: 4 – I fully understand
the learning target and I am ready to move on
3 – I feel like I have a good understanding of the learning target but I need to cover it a little more
2 – I feel kind of lost on the learning target and I need a lot of review before I can move on
1 – I am completely lost and feel like I need to completely cover this learning target over

2. The Federal Court System
Preview
TYPES OF CASES HEARD Based on what we know about about types of law, which court, Federal or State, would likely handle cases dealing with civil law? Criminal law? Constitutional law? Military law?
The Federal Court System
The State Court System
Cases that deal with the constitutionality of a law;
Cases involving the laws and treaties of the U.S.;
Cases involving ambassadors and public ministers;
Disputes between two or more states;
Admiralty law;
Bankruptcy; and
Habeas corpus issues.
Most criminal cases
Probate (involving wills and estates)
Most contract cases
Tort cases (personal injuries)
Family law (marriages, divorces, adoptions), etc
State courts are the final deciders of state laws and constitutions. Their interpretations of federal law or the U.S. Constitution may be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme Court may choose to hear or not to hear such cases.

3. Vocabulary District Court: Court of Appeals: US Supreme Court: Remand:
Original jurisdiction:
Appellate jurisdiction:

4. Vocabulary
District Court: Lower federal courts that have original jurisdiction in most cases involving federal laws
Court of Appeals: Federal courts that review decisions appealed from district courts.
US Supreme Court: The highest judicial court in the U.S.
Remand: To return an appealed case to a lower court for a new trial.
Appeal: The right of a convicted person to ask a higher court to review his or her case.
Original jurisdiction: The authority of a court to be the first court to hold trials in certain kinds of cases.
Appellate jurisdiction: The authority of some courts to review decisions made by lower courts

5. Activity Read page 186-187 diagram
Answer practice EOC question on page 194.

6. Formative Assessment
Diagram in a flow chart where a case begins in a federal court and where it ends in a federal court.
Answer comes from pages